Why keyboard shortcuts stop responding in the canvas

Learn which states intentionally ignore canvas keyboard shortcuts so you know when to wait instead of retrying.

1. All canvas keyboard shortcuts are intentionally ignored while any modal dialog is open.

   The same applies while the Design Check (doctor mode) view is active: every keyboard shortcut except Escape is ignored there, so only Escape works to leave that view.

2. All canvas keyboard shortcuts are intentionally ignored while the application is busy processing a previous operation.

3. All canvas keyboard shortcuts are intentionally ignored until the current design has finished loading.

4. While sketching in 3D, the X, Y, and Z keys are reserved for locking movement to an axis, so other bindings for those letters will not fire in that state.